Ladybugs (film)
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| Directed by | Sidney J. Furie |
| Produced by | Andre Morgan Albert S. Ruddy |
| Written by | Curtis Burch |
| Starring | Rodney Dangerfield Jackée Harry Jonathan Brandis Vinessa Shaw Ilene Graff |
| Music by | Richard Gibbs |
| Cinematography | Dan Burstall |
| Editing by | Timothy Board John W. Wheeler |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | March 27, 1992 |
| Running time | 90 min. |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $14,796,494 |
Ladybugs is a comedy and sports movie released in 1992 starring Rodney Dangerfield as Chester, a business man who takes over a girls soccer team which the company he works for sponsors to get them to win and get a promotion. The film also stars Jackée Harry as his assistant coach, Ilene Graff as Bess his girlfriend, Jonathan Brandis as his girlfriend's son (and soon to be star of the team), Matthew, and Vinessa Shaw as Kimberley, Chester's boss's daughter and Matthew's love interest.
Then Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda has a cameo, as do Blake Clark and longtime Dangerfield friend Chuck McCann.
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[edit] Plot
Chester (Rodney Dangerfield) is desperate for a promotion at work. To impress his boss, he claims to have been a good soccer player in his youth and is badgered into coaching a girls' team called the Ladybugs. The Ladybugs are sponsored by his boss's company and also includes the boss's daughter, Kimberly (Vinessa Shaw), as a player. The team makes a dreadful start to the season and the boss is less than impressed. In his personal life, Chester is engaged to Bess (Ilene Graff) who has a son, Matthew (Jonathan Brandis), from a previous marriage. Matthew just happens to be a great soccer player. Chester invites Matthew to watch the Ladybugs practice and to get some tips from him. Matthew falls for Kimberly the second he sees her and it is partly due to this that Chester persuades him to dress like a girl and play for the team under the name Martha.
With only Chester and Matthew knowing the secret of Martha's identity, the team wins the rest of their games to get to the championship game. Also Kimberly makes friends with Martha, not knowing 'she' is in fact Matthew. Just before the championship game, Bess finds out that Matthew has been dressing as a girl to play. She becomes angry with Chester, making him drop Matthew from the team. Kimberly, who has not been playing well, is also dropped on the request of Chester's boss. The Ladybugs go down 3-0 in the first half. At half time, Matthew reveals to Kimberly and the rest of the team that he is Martha. His honesty fires the team up and with Chester's encouragement, Kimberly kicks in the winning goal on a penalty kick at the end of the game. As the Ladybugs win the championship, Chester gets his promotion. Bess and Chester get married while Matthew and Kimberly begin dating.
[edit] Box Office
The movie was not a box office success.[1]
[edit] Film dates
July-September 1991 in Colorado.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ "Weekend Box Office : 'White Men' Outjumps 'Basic Instinct'". The Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/1992-04-07/entertainment/ca-773_1_basic-instinct. Retrieved 2011-06-06.
- ^ http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=RM&p_theme=rm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB4D86DF30AC611&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM
[edit] External links
- Ladybugs at the Internet Movie Database
- Ladybugs at AllRovi
- Ladybugs at the Sports Movie Guide
